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The results of the European elections 2019 are in for the South West, with the Brexit Party winning three seats, the Lib Dems taking two and Green Party MEP Molly Scottt Cato retaining her seat.

Ann Widdecombe was top of the list for Nigel Farage's Brexit Party and takes the first of the six South West seats, joined by colleagues James Glancy and Christina Jordan.

The newly-formed party is making huge strides across the UK and is predicted to take all seats in some voting areas.

Clare Moody (Labour) has lost her seat, while Scott Cato (Green) is re-elected and joined by Caroline Voaden and Martin Horwood (Lib Dems).

Cornwall and Plymouth voted overwhelmingly in favour of the Brexit Party, but there were also big gains for the Greens in many areas.

Labour and the Conservative Party were both completely wiped out in the South West.

Voters went to the polls on Thursday and each chose one party to represent them under a system of proportional representation which will see six MEPs chosen for the South West area, which includes Devon and Cornwall, Dorset, Somerset, Wiltshire, Bristol, Gloucestershire and Gibraltar.

Only 40.51 per cent of people registered to vote actually voted in the South West area - up from 37 per cent in 2014 - with Plymouth recording the lowest turnout at just 34.89 per cent.